išû

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Meanings:
to have, possess
de:German: Deutsch haben, besitzen
fr:French: Français avoir, posséder
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾšwI/ʾ; III/w (primae ʾaleph, tertiae infirmae) (no pres., pret. īšu , īši ) stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
Logogram: TUK, OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) IN.TUK (Mari), EblaEbla: Ebla (ca. 2400–2300 BCE) A.GÁL
Etymology: Inherited Acc. to SEDo PS *jṯw “to be”, cf. Hebr. jš “propberty; there is”, see HALOT 443f.; Aram./Syr. ʾjt (ʾīṯ, ʾīṯaj/ē-) “there is, exists”, see Sokoloff 2002, 126; Sokoloff 2009, 39; Drower/Macúch 1963, 348, 358; Tal 2000, 25; Ugar. ʾiṯ “presence, existence”, see DUL 120. Note also Ebla i-ša-wu (yiṯāwu) “to be”, see Kogan/Krebernik 2021, 689.
11. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) niqû qibīt pî simat qutrinni ana ilika šagigurrâ lū ti-i-ši Counsels of Wisdom: A+80 eBL “sacrifice, prayer, and suitable incense you should have as a free will offering for your god!” new

12. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem): Negated, with ramānu “to have no control of oneself; be unconscious(?)”

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ⸢bakkû⸣ ʾa ibakkû ramānī ul i-ši Ludlul II 83 eBL “my wa[il]ers began to cry, I was not in control of (lit.: had not) myself”. Similar to the restorations in Oshima 2014, 90f. ([ba-ku]-⸢ú⸣-a “my [(professional) wailer]s”), not adopted in Hätinen 2022. new

Discussion

For the sporadically formed stative (cf. MB išâku), see GAG 190: § 106 r.

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See also:
išānû, laššu I
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